The health crisis is only a distant memory for many global companies, resolutely turned towards the future.
In the first half of the year, they increased the number of mergers and disposals as never before.
Some $ 2,800 billion in transactions were signed, a historic record, said statistics provider Refinitiv.
“Global activity has been driven by the confidence of executives and a positive reception of operations by the financial markets,”
explains David Benichou, co-head of Morgan Stanley's investment bank in France.
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The United States ($ 1.3 trillion) largely dominated the trend.
Europe is not left out, with 580 billion transactions concluded (+ 33%) since January, including 65.5 billion dollars in France.
In France, the level is certainly lower than the first semesters of 2016 to 2019, according to Refinitiv.
However, several significant transactions were announced: Veolia
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